José María Moscoso de Altamira Quiroga, 1st Count of Fontao

José María Moscoso de Altamira Quiroga, 1st Count of Fontao (Mondonedo, May 25, 1788 – Madrid, March 1, 1854) was a Spanish politician.

At the start of the War of Spanish Independence in 1808, he was appointed representative of the nobility of Lugo at the congress of A Coruña gathered due to the French invasion and later commander in the militia of Mondonedo.

[2] On February 28, 1822 was appointed Minister of the Interior of the Peninsula at the Government of Francisco Martínez de la Rosa.

When the Senate of Spain was created in 1837 he was elected on November 1 of that year his first term as president and he was equally so in the legislatures of 1838, 1839, 1840, 1844 and 1845.

Benito Perez Galdos in his novel "The 7th of July" part of the collection of Episodios Nacionales mention the Minister Moscoso calling him "the Apprentice".